Extended Stay America - Detroit - Ann Arbor - University South

After a long trip from NJ to Ann Arbor with our kids, we really had a low threshold for a place to rest our heads. Unfortunately, when we pulled up we were greeted by a crew of unsavory characters in the small unwelcoming prisonlike lobby.The clerk seemed not to care a bit about the conditions of the hotel or the safety of a family with children. On our way to the room, we were accosted by the overpowering smell of smoke, alchohol and urine throughout the establishment. Upon entering our allegedly nonsmoking room, we were hit with an even stronger smell of smoke and other unsavory aromas. We soon discovered an ashtray (albeit clean, to give this establishment what little it is due) and an open window apparently intended to air out the room.The room was dingy, and poorly equipped. We immediately returned to the front desk clerk, who seemed to not be surprised or to care at all about our shock over how poorly this establishment is run. He certainly didn't disabuse us of the notion that this place was not a safe place for a family to stay. Honestly, it seemed to be less a hotel and more of a flophouse inhabited by folks who couldnt pass a credit check for an apartment. We didnt see any business travelers at all there, either. There were other unsavory sorts in the parking lot as well as we escaped to safer accomodations elsewhere in the area.[...] the worst I've had in 40 years of travelling, including all the cruddy motels and pensiones I've put up with while travelling off the beaten path in the US and Europe. Stay away. You're better off tilting your seat back and sleeping in your car.

Kinda run down. Anyone staying here long term is in for a real disappointment. False labeling of this. Seems like a $50.00 room for which i paid well more than that.